April 2022

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has again warned that the North could use its nuclear weapons…

The Utoro Peace Memorial Museum holds an opening ceremony in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture on April 30, 2022, showcasing the history of descendants of wartime Korean workers living in!-->…

Bucha, Ukraine – They all had different paths to death on Yablunska Street in Bucha: a risky evacuation, a borrowed bicycle, an injured relative. One of them was even born in Russia.But at the end of it all, at least 20 people in…

Sapporo/SHARI, HOKKAIDO – A tourist boat that went missing six days ago with 26 people on board was found off the coast of Hokkaido on Friday, the Japanese coast guard said.The name "Kazu I" was confirmed on the boat's hull, he said.…

SANTA FE, NM (AP) — The Legislature's chief budget negotiator wants New Mexico lawmakers to consider dramatically reducing personal income tax rates — or eliminating the tax.Democratic State Rep. Patricia Lundstrom of…

Gascade Gastransport GmbH's Mallnow natural gas compressor station on April 27. The Mallnow compressor station, near the German-Polish border, receives mainly Russian natural gas. (Patrick Pleul/picture alliance/Getty Images)German Vice…

Moscow/Tokyo – Moscow said on Wednesday it was expelling eight Japanese diplomats in a tit-for-tat response to deportations by Tokyo over the conflict in Ukraine.Accusing Tokyo of following an "openly hostile anti-Russian course", the…

TOKYO (AP) - Shibuya in Tokyo is famous for its Scramble Crossing, where throngs of people weave through the intersection in a scene symbolizing the congestion and anonymity of urban Japan. This may have added another…

Hong Kong journalists have collectively won the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) Asian Press Freedom Award. Freelance journalist Ilgin Yorulmaz. Photo: FCCJ screenshot. Freelance journalist Ilgin Yorulmaz,…

Nobody likes crime and nobody should. But there is something about crime dramas and thrillers that is very empowering. And that's why there's a huge audience for crime shows. It's probably because of the thrill and excitement…

Reprinted from GreenBuzz, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. The polls are back - Earth Day-related polls measuring public opinion on environmental issues, that is. And while they never really left, they seem to be getting stronger…

More than 50% of respondents to a government survey said they believe public safety in Japan has deteriorated over the past 10 years, with many worrying about online fraud and cybercrime , according to results released…

ABOARD USS LINCOLN (Reuters) - Japan's foreign minister vowed his country would bolster its military to help the United States maintain regional security during a visit to a U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling the waters on Saturday…

In one of his first acts as supreme leader, Chairman Mao Zedong sent tens of thousands of soldiers and educated youths to China's northeastern provinces with one mission: to raze the forests and replace them. by homes and farms,…

The Toshiba Corp logo is seen at the company's premises in Kawasaki, Japan. REUTERS/Issei KatoJoin now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterLaw firmsRelated documents(Reuters) - Foreign companies facing U.S. securities class…

Ghosn staged a daring getaway, being smuggled out of Japan in a briefcase of audio equipment on a private jet, in 2019.France has issued an international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, the car tycoon who skipped bail in Japan and fled to…

With co-financing from a Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) administered by the World Bank, the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Company (CCRIF SPC) provides sovereign insurance against earthquakes,…

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will propose to the government a sharp increase in defense spending, party members said on Thursday, suggesting they would demand, at a minimum, an amount equivalent to 2% of the country's gross…

Jhe pandemic has thrown Japan out of its reign as the world's top investor. As the global recovery unfolds, the country is poised to regain its position through various investments in the infrastructure sector and renewable…

An Irish drug cartel sanctioned by the US government last week is working in partnership with the fearsome Lyons gang in Scotland, an MSP has claimed. Speaking at Holyrood on Tuesday, Russell Findlay also said he believed Scottish!-->…

On April 18, National Security Council Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink convened a meeting in Honolulu with the US Navy Adm. John C.…

Event announcements Monday, April 18, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. ET: The Brookings Institution host a webcast on what comes after the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change? » The event will focus on the…

Danger is a good teacher, Hazlitt said, and there are some hard lessons to be learned from this month's peril-filled selection of mystery novels. by Don Winslow city ​​on fire (HarperCollins, £20) sports a myriad of sources of…

April 17, 2022 1:00 p.m. EDT Nuclear energy: could this piece of the climate puzzle help us move away from fossil fuels? Nuclear power already owns a fifth of electricity production in the United States, so it could probably help more to…

Marseille, France- President Emmanuel Macron has promised to put the environment at the heart of his government if he is re-elected next weekend - in a speech he gave in the south of France on Saturday intended to please the public.…

Paris - Demonstrations are expected across France on Saturday as opponents of far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen seek to form a united front to prevent her winning a runoff against incumbent President Emmanuel Macron on…

The Tainan District Court on Tuesday cleared three members of the Taiwan People's Communist Party who affixed a mask resembling the Chinese flag to a statue…

The 5.1% drop in greenhouse gas emissions marks seven consecutive years of decline.Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell to a record low in the fiscal year that ended in March 2021, government figures showed on Friday, due to a slowdown in…

Besancon, France – A French court on Tuesday sentenced a Chilean man to 28 years in prison for the 2016 murder of his Japanese ex-girlfriend in eastern France, following a high-profile investigation across three continents.The…

For ousted leader Imran Khan, Pakistan's new prime minister is simply a "slave of America" ​​who conspired with the United States to overthrow his government and reorient the country's foreign policy.Yet those close to Shehbaz Sharif,…

Opinion writers review covid topics as well as health issues. Bloomberg: Japan's low-key Covid campaign is more durable than China's efforts Shanghai is in…

Author: Mary E Lovely, Peterson Institute for International EconomicsWhen he pulled the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, former President Donald Trump tore up the playbook for US economic engagement with Asia. In February 2022, his…

Foreign residents take to the streets of Tokyo's Shibuya district on May 30, 2020 to protest Japanese police's alleged mistreatment of a Kurd. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) - A!-->…

Taipei, April 9 (CNA) A bill introduced in the US Senate on Thursday would make US policy on arms sales to Taiwan more consistent in the future, a defense expert told CNA on Saturday.The bill, dubbed the Taiwan Arms Export Law, would "speed…

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan and the Philippines agreed on Saturday to work towards signing a treaty to facilitate joint exercises and reciprocal visits by their forces amid China's increasingly assertive pursuit of claims of sovereignty in…

Japan on Friday announced plans to expel eight Russian diplomats and phase out Russian coal and oil imports following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, AP reports.Why is this important: Just last week, countries around the world - including…

(Want to receive this newsletter in your inbox? Here registration.)Good evening. Here is the last Thursday at the end of the day.On the ground, Russia is preparing for an eastern assault. "The enemy is trying to cut off all possible means…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The defense ministers of Japan and the Philippines agreed Thursday to boost security cooperation and expand joint…

As the world's wealthy democratic powers roll out new sanctions against Russia in response to the terrifying images of Ukrainians being executed in the town of Bucha, it has become clear that the simplest options have now been…

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a notorious political showman and demagogue who founded Russia's far-right Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) and led it for more than 30 years, has died in a hospital in Moscow, the lower house of the…

Paris - Russia is accused of war crimes in Ukraine, with allegations growing stronger following the discovery of dozens of bodies in areas recently retaken from Russian forces near the capital kyiv.Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

A copper smuggling ring in Costa Rica was stealing tons of metal from the country's power and telephone wires to send to Asia, the latest example of how this crime is gradually becoming more…

Colombia has one of the highest renewable energy potentials in Latin America and has seen rapid growth in clean energy and other low-carbon sectors over the past decade. According to Bloomberg NEF, in 2022, Colombia will begin a…

Land über alles? Note that the goals of war expand after initial victories; they should not be equated with the underlying cause of the bloodshed. Greed must carry too much explanatory weight, though Overy insists that in the 1930s, "the…

Finixio, a London-based digital media company, is rolling out sports betting products in the Balkan, German and Japanese markets, a press release said on Friday (April 1). The products are Kladionica.com for the Balkans,…

The International Space Station. (NASA)Russia has threatened to end cooperation with other countries on the International Space Station (ISS) until sanctions imposed on the country after the invasion of Ukraine are lifted.Dmitry Rogozin,…

The message that India has conveyed is quite transparent. He would like to stay out of Cold War politics. He would not abandon his…

Almost 40 years after India first signed the Antarctic Treaty, the government has introduced the Indian Antarctica Bill, 2020. Minister of Earth Sciences, Dr Jitender Singh tabled the bill in Lok Sabha Friday. What is the Antarctic Bill?…

Countries and companies are increasingly committing to net-zero targets that would require them to drastically reduce their carbon emissions in a relatively short timeframe. The transition to a low-carbon world will not be easy, given the…

Former German lawmaker says EU economic integration strategy for Eastern Europe 'failed'Heiner Flassbeck, honorary professor of economics and politics at the University of Hamburg and former state secretary at the German Federal Ministry of…